diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
index a10e4601685135..58fc5148882857 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_xsave(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
 
+	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE))
+		return 0;
+
 	best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1, 0);
 	return best && (best->ecx & bit(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE));
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 224a7e78cb6c40..4f7641756be2d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5781,6 +5781,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	int pending_vec, max_bits, idx;
 	struct desc_ptr dt;
 
+	if (!guest_cpuid_has_xsave(vcpu) && (sregs->cr4 & X86_CR4_OSXSAVE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	dt.size = sregs->idt.limit;
 	dt.address = sregs->idt.base;
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_idt(vcpu, &dt);